The Top 10 Most In-Demand Tech Skills Right Now

September 8, 2016

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Job search application 500 Miles just released a report, using big data to figure out which skills were in the highest demand across 350,000 tech companies all over the world. The goal: to “provide deep insights that help you make more informed decisions about the skills you spend time acquiring.”

Here are the results:

The Skills

Here’s the list, from most in-demand to least:

c++

c

go

r

play

javascript

java

python

oracle

.net

Note that there’s a steep drop off after the top two, c and c++, and there’s another drop after python on the above list. Here’s a look at the same info in a different graph format, if that helps drive the point home.

The Takeaway

This doesn’t mean you should immediately find the nearest “c++ for dummies book,” though that can’t hurt. The data also revealed a few more facts that 500 Miles adds a further explanation for. First, they explain:

“New technologies, languages and frameworks like Go, R and Play are clearly in higher demand than the more traditional Java, Javascript, Python and PHP.”

Also, the next in-demand skill you develop might depend on what company you’re the most interested in:

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